Sophia Bush took to Instagram on Tuesday evening to share a heartbreaking and beautiful story about her Late boyfriend, Dan Fredinburg. Dan, who died in a tragic accident on Mount Everest in April, would have celebrated his 34th birthday on Sept. 8. To commemorate the special day, Sophia shared a story of serendipity and cosmic significance from her weekend in the desert with her friends. "What I do k**w is that I saw you this weekend, deep in the desert, many times," she says. She ends the **te telling Dan, "I love you my friend. I'm grateful for every memory." Read the Sweet **te in its entirety below.
So many. **ne are the one. They're puzzle pieces but **t the whole picture. What I do k**w is that you are missed. That you are still here. That you changed us, inspired us, pushed us, and guided us. What I do k**w is that I saw you this weekend, deep in the desert, many times.
I saw a man in spandex & a Viking hat, near the ashes of the wooden man that burned on the playa the night before. I turned to the Minion gals, pointing, & said "hey Viking I see you!" & pulled up to the man to take a photo of the back of his hat, under the giant bird-shaped cloud that had followed us around all day. His friend **ticed me & said, "he'll kiss you if you ask him," and I laughed and thanked him, but passed, explaining that I just wanted to take a photo of his hat. The friend said, "Hey Dan, this girl wants to take a pic of Your hat!" "Of course Your name is Dan," I said, & he turned toward me on his bike, which of course had a Minion toy strapped to the front of it. The girls and I all laughed aloud, got misty eyed, & turned to go, k**wing you'd been saying hello.
It happened all weekend. We told stories. We screamed Your name to the sky & scribbled it all over the temple & left Your photos & prayer flags & glitter everywhere. We screamed "I love you!!" as it burned & a chorus of "I love yous" began echoing among the tens of thousands of people watching, bouncing all over the playa as it had when I once stood watching that structure burn with you & someone else screamed the same thing for someone who had most likely meant to them what you mean to us.
So today, on Your birthday, our first #LiveDanDay, I'll say it again. I love you my friend. I'm grateful for every memory. I'm grateful that we had a friendship that defied context, & a connection that defies physical boundaries even **w. Your squad reps you hard, dear one. We live bigger because of you. We Will keep writing Your name in the sand & dancing in the dust to ho**r it.
To all of you out there who need a little inspiring, take it from Dan. Live big. #LiveDanDay15